Tuesday, October 6, 2026

PCG & PCG Reversed 10/5/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

VictorAungTin (Chess.com 1961) - JimWest (Chess.com 2014), Chess.com 10/5/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Ng3 e4 7.Nd2 Nf6 8.Be2 Bd6 9.O-O O-O 10.c4 c6 11.Qb3 Kh8 12.Nb1 Qb6 13.Qd1 dxc4 14.Bxc4 Bxg3 15.hxg3 Bg4 16.Qb3 Qxb3 17.Bxb3 Nbd7 18.Be3 Nd5


19.Nc3 Nxc3 20.bxc3 Nb6 21.Bc2 Rae8 22.Rab1 Rf7 23.Bb3 Be6 24.Rbc1 Nc4 25.Bf4 h6 26.Rfe1 Bd5 27.Bxc4 Bxc4 28.Be5 Bd3 29.Re3 Ref8 30.f3 Bc4 31.Rxe4 Bxa2 32.Rh4 Kh7 33.Ra1 Bc4 34.Rxa7 Ba6


35.Rf4 Rxf4 36.gxf4 Kg6 37.g4 h5 38.Kg2 hxg4 39.fxg4 Kh6 40.Kg3 g6 41.g5+ Kh5 42.Kf3 Kh4 43.Ke3 Kg4 44.Ke4 Re8 45.d5 cxd5+ 46.Kxd5 Kf5 47.Kc5 Rc8+ 48.Kb4 Ke6 49.Bd4 Kf5


50.Ka5 Kxf4 51.Rxa6 bxa6 52.Kxa6 Kxg5 53.Kb5 Kf4 54.c4 g5 55.c5 g4 56.c6 Ke4 57.Ba7 Kd5, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2111) - Mohanmaddy (lichess 2209), lichess 10/5/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 h6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.c3 Re8 9.f5 d5 10.Qc2 b6 11.h3 Bb7 12.Be3 a5 13.a4 Ba6 14.Re1 dxe4 15.dxe4 Bxe2 16.Rxe2 Bf8 17.Na3 Bxa3 18.Rxa3 Qe7 19.Ra1 Rad8


20.Rd1 Rxd1+ 21.Qxd1 Nxe4 22.Bxh6 Ng3 23.Bg5 f6 24.Re1 fxg5 25.Qd5+ Kf8 26.Qxc6 Qd6 27.Qxd6+ cxd6 28.Nxg5 Nxf5 29.Rf1 g6 30.g4 Kg7 31.gxf5 gxf5 32.h4 Kg6 33.Rd1 Rd8


34.Kf2 Rd7 35.b4 axb4 36.cxb4 Kh5 37.Nf3 e4 38.Nd4 f4 39.Nf5 Kg4 40.Rxd6 Ra7 41.Nh6+ Kxh4 42.Rxb6 Rxa4 43.Nf5+ Kg4 44.Nh6+ Kh5 45.Nf5 Kg5 46.Nd4 Ra2+ 47.Ke1 f3 48.Rb8 Kf4 49.Rf8+ Ke3 50.Nf5+ Kd3


51.Rd8+ Kc3 52.b5 Rb2 53.Rc8+ Kd3 54.Rd8+ Kc3 55.Rc8+ Kb4 56.b6 Ka5 57.Ra8+ Kb4 58.b7 Kc3 59.Rc8+ Kd3 60.b8=Q Re2+ 61.Kf1 Rf2+ 62.Kxf2 e3+ 63.Nxe3 Ke4 64.Qb4+ Kd3 65.Rd8#.